Natsu, Erza and Rob watched the scene before them in confusion as they crowd of who they assumed were they villagers surrounded the front of the house yelling profanities, raising their pseudo weapons, and throwing rocks at the house. Natsu tapped one of less excited villagers on the shoulder in an attempt to ask what was going on.

" There's a demon in their, it possessed that sweet little girl Mira and is manipulating her younger siblings so that they will protect her," The villagers basically yelled at Natsu before turning back towards the house and throwing a rock at the house while screaming profanities at the top of his lungs.

" I'll be right back Erza-chan, Rob-san," Natsu said before making his fire combust under his feet propelling him over the large crowd. He ignored the shocked gasps of villagers and soft muttering that erupted from the now stunned silent mob. Natsu walked to the front of the house before gently taking the door knob into his hand and turning it, or attempting to as the door was locked.

" I'm not going to hurt you, open the door I just want to talk," Natsu called out to whoever was in the house in the kindest voice he could muster considering if there was a real demon in the house it probably would have been terrorizing the villagers instead of the other way around. The mob erupted into cries of shock and disbelief as they tried to call Natsu back so he would not get killed by the 'demon'. Natsu ignored them as his keen senses picked up on the slight sound of shifting in front of the door.

" Please open the door, I just want to talk, I promise," Natsu said softly but loud enough for the person behind the door to hear him. Natsu heard nothing at first before he narrowed his eyes at the door as a clawed hand burst through the door and tackled him to the ground. The mob cried out in terror screaming about the demon beginning its attack as they dropped their weapons and rann off in the distance.

Natsu raised his hand to halt Erza and Rob's advance on his position. Natsu stared unwavering into puffy bloodshot sapphire blue eyes as luscious and long white hair flowed down and tickled the side of his face.

" Who are you, what do you want from us, I didn't do anything wrong I just wanted to help the village," The girl sobbed angrily as she tightened her demofied hand around Natsu's throat and glared hatefully into his eyes despite the tears flowing freely from her eyes.

" Like I said before, I'm not here to hurt you, or your family," Natsu spoke calmly unbothered by her grip on his throat as he sent a glance towards the front of the house where two worried looking also albino haired kids stood clutching each other but not for their sakes for their beloved sister.

" Why should I believe you, you could be just like those villagers trying to hurt me and my family for being different from them you could be waiting for me to trust you so you can hurt us," The girl sobbed frantically as hysteria slowly started to leak into her voice and more of her body started to demofy.

" If I wanted to hurt you I would have done it by now," Natsu said softly but not as a threat or warning but a simple statement. He further cemented the truth in his statement as he lit his right hand on fire with heat so intense that the grass withered away and the right side of the albino haired girl's body became uncomfortably hot compared to the rest of her body.

" But like I said, I'm not here to hurt you or your family for that matter, I was just passing by and I wanted to help, I swear on my title of Dragon Prince that I have no ill intent toward you or your family, so please, just let me help?" Natsu finished softly as his right hand raised but this time without the fire and caressed her cheek softly wiping her tears away.

The girls sobs stopped for a second before her demon attributes disappeared into thin air leaving only wisps of magic behind but they dimmed to nothing not five seconds later. The girl straddling his waist stared at him for a few seconds before grabbing him and pulling him into a deep hug and sobbing into the crook of his neck.

The girls two what Natsu assumed siblings finally stepped off the porch and rushed over to them surrounding the white-haired girl and hugging her while indirectly pulling Natsu into their family group hug.

Erza and Rob finally moved from their previous position to get Natsu out of the jumble of limbs that was the crying family. Erza couldn't help but smile at the happy mood that surrounded the family but was still slightly confused on what was going on. After Erza finally pried the now comically unconscious Natsu from the family she sweat dropped seeing him passed out from lack of oxygen causing the family to become sheepish for a little bit the mood lightening.

" I'm sorry to ruin the moment but could you tell us what happened here," Erza said softly although she was basically trying to rip Natsu away from the now, in Erza's own opinion, the overly clingy girl who was trying just as hard to keep Natsu in her grasps. The two glared at each other for a second before huffing and attaching themselves separately to each of Natsu's arms, Erza on the right and the white haired girl on the left.

" It happened two days ago…"

Flashback^Yesterday^Afternoon

A small white-haired girl took hesitant steps towards the village church where the scream were originating from. She had her head held high despite her hesitant steps and the sword that shook almost uncontrollably in her hand due to her fear.

" Mira-nee-chan please come back, you don't have to do this, a wizard will come and defeat the monster, please don't leave us," The haired girl now introduced as Mira's brother called out to her as he held his crying younger sister who was certain she would never see her big sister again.

" By the time they get here more people will have died to the monster, don't worry Elfman-ototo-chan, Lisanna-imouto-chan, I will just hold it off until the wizards get here to finish it off, I'll be back, I promise," Mira said smiling softly to her younger siblings as her hands stilled slightly with renewed courage.

Mira's visage hardened as another scream pierced the air. She turned away from her siblings and ran to the church, her steps less hesitant and filled with confidence she had never known before, and her hands barely shook from the fear that came with the demonic roars that pierced the air.

Mira's heart dropped into her stomach as she looked at the broken bodies littering the ground in front of the church. While they were few in numbers it was too much loss for the young Mira as her eyes laid upon the still body of her academy best friend Kyuta-kun he was two years he senior but he was always filled with so much courage and happiness.

Mira wanted to be surprised to see him amongst the deceased that had tried to fight off the demon but she knew that he would be the first here in an attempt to protect his home and friends. Mira shook with untold rage as she screamed and rushed wildly into into the church.

Mira saw the demon standing in the center of the church as it ripped the head off of another villager who had took it upon himself to protect their home. Mira rushed in blindly as she swung her sword clumsily using the little knowledge she knew about fighting

that she had learned from Kyuta whose dad was in the army and trained him for seven years before he died in a battle.

Mira swung with reckless abandon as the demon deftly dodged all of her attacked the only wound on it was a deep laceration that it had gained due to Mira's first swing which had caught it off guard. Rage at its wound finally seeped into the monsters consciousness as it paused and roared sending a wave of magic crashing through Mira pulling her back with it.

" Die- human-," The demon screeched in anger as it charged at Mira with its fist encased in a dark energy that spelled impending doom and an early end. Time seemed to slow down for Mira as the implications of her death hit her. She would be leaving her loving little brother. She would be leaving her sweet little sister. She would never get married. She would never have kids. What affected her the most was the thought that she wouldn't be there to watch her siblings get married and have kids.

Mira felt something pull at her about three feet away from the demon. Mira let the force do what it wanted as she accepted her impending doom. Mira watched as her hand raised on its own accord and a dark purple glow encased her hands as she reached past the demons arm that was now seconds from impacting her unguarded torso and ending her existence. Mira's hand sunk into the monsters chest a hair's breadth before the attack could reach her. Instead of the attack killing her it was absorbed into her body along with the rest of the demon that had been pulled inside of her by some unseen force.

Mira stood with her hands outstretched for a moment before a blood curdling scream ripped its way through her mouth as he body was met with an insurmountable amount of pain as she became the monster she defeated. Mira felt a bloodlust hit her like a freight train as she battled against the will of the demon. Mira felt herself losing the battle of wills as she fought against it all on her own. That thought halted Mira's and the demon's advance simultaneously.

The image of her brother and sister's smiling face along with Kyuta-kun and the rest of the villagers smiling behind them. ' No, I'm not alone, I have Elf-ototo and Lisa-imouto to back me up along with Kyuta-kun's dream and the villagers backing me up,' Mira thought to herself as her resolve skyrocketed. Mira was now gaining the upper hand against the demon and pushed it back as far as she could manage.

Mira stumbled out of the church with a small smile on her face as she remained blissfully ignorant of the claws on her fingertips that sembled the demon had yet to be conquered but she could care less about the insignificantly small part of her that wanted to slaughter everything as she pushed it to the back of her mind.

All of the villagers hesitantly stepped out of their houses as they heard the destruction stop. The villagers cheered seeing Mira alive, until, one of the smaller kids noticed her cheers soon turned to cries of outrage and anguish as they started throwing rocks at her and calling her a demon.

They previously insignificant part of her that had wanted to kill everything soon became not so insignificant as anger filled Mira's veins causing her to demofy further but Mira pushed it back as much as she could. Mira flinched when her brother and sister broke through the mob and got to the center and look at her with shock and fear. But it soon turned to anger. Mira's heart shattered seeing the anger in her siblings anger filled eyes, but much to her surprise they were not aimed towards her but at the villagers.

The two children escaped the grasp of the adults who tried to hold them back as they ran towards their older sister. The villagers halted int their rock throwing as the two innocent children surrounded the "demon" as best they could putting themselves in harms way.

Flassback^End

" They took me home and just a couple of hours ago the villagers began to mob," Mira said sniffling a little as she recalled everything that happened. Erza moved from Natsu's right arm and hugged Mira while pulling her other two siblings into the hug also. Inside, Natsu began to fume at the narrow minded villagers as he contemplated destroying everything. *Kill everyone* a small voice whispered in his head.

Natsu barely suppressed a flinch as the image of the town burning down with him in the center laughing in glee passed through his head. What really bothered Natsu though was that he didn't all the way disagree with the notion like he knows he should have.

Natsu pushed the whisper to the back of his mind for the time being as his ears twitched slightly and his keen eyes caught the glimmer of something heading towards Mira's heart. Natsu's hand was outstretched before he even thought about it. Natsu and the rest of the bunch looked at the arrow that now lay in Natsu's outstretched hand.

" Wow, so… manly," Elfman whispered silently to himself causing a shiver to run down all of their spines. Natsu grinned and chuckled before narrowing his eyes and swiping three arrows out of the air.

" As much as I'd like to stay and chat we have to go before these hunters start getting too trigger happy," Natsu said to the group as they all nodded in agreement. Natsu breathed in a little before slowly releasing some of him magic careful not to use too much as to not hurt anybody in the immediate vicinity.

Fire*Dragons^Flame*Ride

A bright red flame enveloped Natsu before shooting out and encasing the others who Barely flinched when the fire got them trusting that Natsu wouldn't harm them. Natsu sighed as the flames around them exploded into nothingness but left them in a different place than before.

" So manly," Elfman whispered with stars in his eyes. Three distinctly feminine " Yeah," was heard not seconds after Elfman's comment as the girls stared at Natsu through half-lidded eyes. Natsu blushed slightly and Rob laughed at the kids as Erza, Lisanna, and Mira blushed like crazy due to being caught.

" So, Rob-san, do you know the way to that guild you were talking about from here or do you even know where we are," Natsu asked curiously. Rob chuckled slightly at Natsu's blunt question before nodding his head.

" Yes Natsu-kun I know the way to the village from here, actually this is Hargeon Port so the town Magnolia, where the guild is housed, is not too far away from here, one train ride and we'll be there," Rob stated matter-of-factly somewhat surprised at how far they were able to travel and the fact that they had ended up so close to their initial 's face turned slightly green at the mention of trains or really transportation in general due to his horrible experience with transportation despite his few times using it.

" Do we have to use the train?" Natsu whined pitifully as a touch of green appeared on his cheeks signalling his displeasure at the thought of getting on the train. The group sniggered slightly to Natsu's dismay before they all made their way to the train station with a pouting Natsu dragging behind them.

One^Terrible^Train^Ride^Later

The group did not have to walk very far to get to the entrance of the wizard guild. Natsu went bug-eyed as he stared at the large guild doors, in which he would start a new chapter of his admittingly young life.

" Well here we are," Rob said with a smile as he stared tearfully at the doors that he once figured he would not see again.